Something is wrong- can you help me troubleshoot?

[Jeepers-Peepers]

Using a Little Giant Still Air 9200
Days 1-18 humidity between 40 and 60% and temp at 100 F
Lockdown was Thursday temp at 99-100 and humidity 65% but humidity right now is 73%

12 eggs

There were 5 that pipped this morning. 2nd time now one pipped at small end - it's doing fine.

I've lost 2 chicks hours after pipping- both had trouble getting beaks out to breathe and I had to push the membrane up off the nostrils. All have seemed to nick blood vessels that have pipped and don't seem ready to be pipping- membranes are all filled with vessels that are thick. Eggtopsies on the 2 that died after pip did not have ANY yolk absorbed.

The woman who sold me the eggs has had 100% hatch rate (what she told me). They are a breed she is developing that she calls "Project X". She is local to me and the eggs were not shipped.

Have I messed up incubation technique on these eggs? Or does this sound genetic?

Last week I had eggs hatch out in my homemade incubator and I had to help one who pipped the wrong end- but the other 3 did it all without any issues on their own.

I'm thrown right now because this batch this weekend they all seem to be doing the same type of thing/having same problems?

Eggtopsy didn't show any swelling to indicate the humidity is too much for them.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

the only thing i see is humidity a little high day 1-18 , the blood vessels dont recede until after they piped and are breathing . only think i could think to try is increasing air vents and a turner to help the ones that pip on the wrong end.

sometimes the thermometer is off.

 

[Jeepers-Peepers]

the only thing i see is humidity a little high day 1-18 , the blood vessels dont recede until after they piped and are breathing . only think i could think to try is increasing air vents and a turner to help the ones that pip on the wrong end.  sometimes the thermometer is off. 

The thermometer is good - the humidity high the first 18 days was hard for me to get down, I am in Florida and we've been getting A LOT of rain on and off this week. I was worried about the higher humidity...
Sigh.
Thanks for answering me <3

 

[Granny Hatchet]

there are fixes to high humidity. dehumidifier, fan blowing across but not on the bator. i dont know them all.

 

[Farmer Viola]

humidity a little high, temp a little low... for still air it should be 101F
I have had a lot of trouble with my still air incubator... while my forced air works like a charm at 99.5
makes me want to add a fan to my still air.

I use the dry incubation method (see link in my signature). short version:
day 1-18: 25-45% humidity adding as little water as possible (30-35% works for me)
day 19-21: 55-65%

hope this helps!

troubleshooting link: http://msucares.com/poultry/reproductions/trouble.html

 

[Jeepers-Peepers]

Thank you
I had 75% hatch rate this hatch. Lost 1 chick this morning :-( so I have 8 chicks out of 12 eggs.

I have 50 quail eggs I'm setting tomorrow- I want to try the dry method but I need to do more research on button quail incubation.

I will also be setting pheasant & turkey eggs soon.

I'm already risking it by getting eggs shipped to me- so I want to make sure my incubation techniques for all eggs are dead on! My chicken eggs were all local eggs I bought and the next chicken eggs I hatch will be mine (in a few months).

When I used the cooler bator my humidity was like 30-35% and temp was 101-102. It did a nice job on the chicks all came out healthy. I lost half of those first ones due to early death by bacteria (blood rings) and then 2 had complications before hatching and passed away in the egg . I only got 4 out of 12 the first time.

At least this last hatch was better.
Truly - I need to put a fan in that cooler bator.

Cross fingers for me with the quail <3